Grazers take note. Lucky Torontonians have been enjoying Tapas Journey since 2015. Now Barcelona’s Estrella Damm beer is bringing the party to Ottawa, spearheading a tasty 10-day festival (September 15 to 24) in which participating restaurants offer up three unique tapas plates to pair with a bottle of the popular Spanish lager.

Some of the participating chefs got into the groove by attending a Gastronomy Congress held in Toronto in July and hosted by world-renowned chef Albert Adrià, whose Michelin-star Tickets in Barcelona was ranked among the world’s top 50 restaurants in 2017. His theme was ‘the art of tapas.’

Soca Kitchen’s mussels escabecheGrill 41’s crab & shrimp cake

City Bites Hot Tip: Do your research! If you head online you can see every single one of the 27 dishes to be tried. Making us drool on a first run through the list: lobster salpicon in a phyllo nest (222 Lyon Tapas Bar); herbed chicken meatballs served with avgolemono sauce (Aroma Meze); and Venezuelan Arepa with citrus pulled pork, coriander aioli, habanero, and pineapple hot sauce (The Soca Kitchen). Of course, if we looked through it again tomorrow, our list would change!